/>Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteBehind the Steel Curtaina Pittsburgh Steelers communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsSteelersOddsShopAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Latest NewsSteelers Film Room2018 NFL Draft AnalysisLatest NewsFiled under:Latest NewsSteelers Burning Question: T.J. Watt Stephon Tuitt Jersey , Defensive Player of the Year?New,11commentsCan another Watt add his name to the prestigious award? EDTShareTweetShareShareSteelers Burning Question: T.J. Watt, Defensive Player of the Year?Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty ImagesIn 1971 Alan Page won the initial Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year, and since its inception, seven Pittsburgh Steelers have went on to win the coveted award. In 1972 Mean Joe Greene would win the first of two, also winning it in 1974. Mel Blount in 1975 and Jack Lambert in 1976, giving the Steelers three consecutive winners and four out of five. ...oh the 80’sNo Steeler would win the award again until 1993 Coty Sensabaugh Jersey , with Rod Woodson bringing the Steelers their fifth Defensive Player of the Year. After another long drought, James Harrison would win it in 2008 and Troy Polamalu in 2010. The recent drought isn’t as long as the ones between Lambert and Woodson or Woodson to Harrison, but it’s been long enough, if you know what I mean. I think most can figure where I’m going with this so I’ll just cut to the chase. Going into year three, is it possible for TJ Watt to take that next step, albeit a huge step and put his name with the likes of the Khalil Macks and Aaron Donalds of the world, winning the Defensive Player of the Year Award? ...What type of stats would Watt need to win the award? ...Will Watt win the 2019 Defensive Player of the Year? ...Would you say I’m crazy Roosevelt Nix Jersey , if I said Watt will win it?...That’s it, leave your answers in the comment section and Go Steelers. By the way, the picture is of Watt defending a pass, he has a way about him...making splash plays...just sayin’. Vontaze Burfict has new teammates, having signed a one-year contract worth up to $5 million with the Raiders. One of those new teammates is former nemesis Antonio Brown.The linebacker stresses new teammate and former nemesis.“We’re on the same team,” Burfict said Tuesday night, via Michael Gehlken of the . “It’s one goal. It’s all positive Jesse James Jersey , man. He’s a great player. . . .I’m going to approach him just like I do all my other teammates. There’s nothing negative here. We’re on the same team. We’re trying to win a championship here.”Brown and Burfict have a history, having played each other for years in the AFC North.In the 2015 postseason, Burfict knocked out Brown with an illegal hit to the head. The league later suspended him three games, one of several suspensions Burfict has served in his career.The league also fined Burfict for a hit to Brown’s head last season.“I’m not a dirty player,” Burfict said Tuesday. “I play a physical position. I can’t go out there patty-cake. If I play soft, I’m not doing my job.”In 2017, JuJu Smith-Schuster had an illegal hit on Burfict that caused Burfict to leave the field on a cart. Brown yelled Dan McCullers Jersey , “Karma!” while reporters were interviewing Smith-Schuster afterward.Burfict reunites with defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, who already has reminded Burfict he can’t hit Brown in practice the way he did in games.“It’s all fun and games,” Burfict said. “We’re on the same team. . . .We might be the closest friends on the team. Just got to go along with it. I can’t wait to meet him.”